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This topic indirectly led me to his NBC promo for this year's awards. Yikes! That grin, those huge photos of Depp/Jolie…yech!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/317794/golden-globes-ricky-gervais-is-back#s-p1-sr-i0

Eh, I thought it was one of the worst episodes of the season (but it's been a pretty strong season, so that's okay). Katy Perry was fine, but I almost would have preferred her to be hilariously awful than just kind of boring. She was a good sport about everything she was in, but never really seemed to go for broke with the impressions or characters.
Oh well. Next week Jimmy Fallon!!

Not to be a stickler about this INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT topic, but the original Rebecca Black video probably had 20 times as many "dislikes" before she took it down and uploaded the new one on her account a few months ago. Rebecca Black For the…Win? Loss? They're both just terrible?

Honestly, I think the fact that SuperHeavy made this list at all tops even that. Weird for anyone to take the position that Mick Jagger can do no wrong when there are MOUNTAINS of evidence refuting that.

I was surprised to see St. Vincent so far down too. I agree though - good album, not great. Overall an excellent list (even if I still don't quite understand the Drake hype).
Is it too soon to assume Best Album of 2012 lists will be a Lana Del Rey sweep?

I used to drive 1.5 hours in college to go to shows at Higher Ground. A really great venue, by any city's standards. Saw the Roots there, Junior Brown, State Radio (ugh), Grace Potter, and a few others. In NY I can see a zillion bands any night of the week, but there was still something special about that Burlington venue behind the Quiznnos.

I disagree with a lot of this stuff, but I always support a list that has actual character. A lot of these lists end up feeling like a generic aggregate of every music writer in the world's opinion. I doubt we'll see such an eclectic Top 5 from Rolling Stone or P4k…
05 Josh T. Pearson – Last Of The Country Gentlemen
04 White Denim – D
03 Metronomy – The English Riviera
02 Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
01 PJ Harvey – Let England Shake

For whatever reason, the British mags all LOVE him while the stateside music press ignores him. Strange given that his music seems so deeply rooted in strictly-American musical traditions (and he's from Texas).

Pretty good for the first big list of the year. More surprises than I would have expected from one of the more prominent publications. Wonder if Spin or Rolling Stone will throw any such curveballs (doubtful).

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